CG: I KEEP SCROLLING BACKWARDS THROUGH YOUR ADVENTURE.CG: TRYING TO PIECE TOGETHER HOW YOU BOTCH THIS UP SO BADLY.CG: AND I KEEP FINDING THESE STRIKING POCKETS OF FOOLISHNESS.CG: LIKE WHAT YOU'RE DOING NOW.CG: RIDING YOUR LITTLE RED ROCKET.CG: LIKE YOU ARE A FRESHLY HATCHED HUMAN LARVA AND THIS IS JUST ALL A BIG SCHOOLHIVE RUMPUS RESPITE.EB: humans aren't hatched as larvae dummy.EB: we don't hatch at all.EB: we are born as these like little pink monkeys called babies.CG: BULLSHIT.CG: THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU JUST TOLD ME.EB: what did i say?CG: I'LL PASTE WHAT YOU SAID.EB: i thought you didn't like going down that road?EB: copy-pasting future/past conversations...CG: WHY WOULD I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.EB: i dunno, that's what you just told me.CG: WHATEVER, LOOK:CG: EB: this is really weird...CG: CG: WHAT'S SO WEIRD ABOUT IT.CG: EB: well, normally humans hatch...CG: EB: from like these slimy pods.CG: EB: then we wriggle out as a little pink larva.CG: CG: OH REALLY.CG: CG: HUH, MAYBE WE HAVE MORE IN COMMON THAN I THOUGHT.EB: hahaha!EB: i was punking you dude!EB: or at least i will be in our next conversation.EB: thanks for the great prank idea.CG: ARGH.CG: WHY WOULD YOU TRICK ME ABOUT THAT, WHAT IS EVEN THE POINT.EB: i don't know, it was just a friendly prank.EB: don't you ever play pranks?EB: i mean, of course you do, one of you just tried to prank me good.CG: WHAT, WHO.EB: pffffff, you'll find out.CG: WELL FINE.CG: I GUESS YOU GOT ME BACK, SORT OF.CG: FOR MY TROLLING, EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVEN'T EVEN READ MY WORST TROLLING EFFORTS YET.CG: BECAUSE THEY HAPPEN IN YOUR FUTURE.CG: AND EVEN THEN YOU DIDN'T EVEN MIND MUCH, ALMOST LIKE YOU WERE DELIGHTED TO HEAR IT.CG: KIND OF PERVERSE REALLY, WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?EB: well, we're friends by then, aren't we?EB: or sort of like, uh, reverse anti-mutual friends.CG: WHAT THE HELL DOES THAT EVEN MEAN.EB: look, you're going to have to face it at some point...EB: that you're learning the meaning of this human emotion called friendship.CG: IS FRIENDSHIP REALLY AN EMOTION?EB: yes, absolutely.CG: I GUESS IT'S HARD TO SEE HOW WE BECOME FRIENDS.CG: THIS IS SO FRUSTRATING.CG: EVERY TIME I GO FURTHER BACK INTO YOUR PAST AND TALK TO YOU, YOU SAY STUFF THAT PERTAINS TO MY IMMEDIATE FUTURE.CG: AND THEN YOU WON'T EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT'S GOING ON, BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY OLD NEWS FOR YOU.EB: dude, you've been doing the same exact thing!!!CG: I'VE DONE NO SUCH THING.CG: I'VE BEEN EXCEPTIONALLY INFORMATIVE AND HELPFUL.CG: IF JUSTIFIABLY ACRIMONIOUS.EB: you never answer my questions, though.EB: how am i supposed to know what's going on, or what you're alluding to?CG: THIS GAME IS KIND OF A GAME OF A MILLION GUIDES.CG: EVERYWHERE YOU TURN THERE'S ANOTHER WAY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON, SO PLEASE, GO SECRETE ME AN EARTH RIVER THROUGH YOUR STRANGE HUMAN TEAR DUCTS.CG: YOU'VE GOT SPRITES, EXILES, GUARDIANS, CONSORTS...CG: TIME HOPPING FUTURE SELVES, MYSTICAL DREAM ORACLE DOPPELGANGERS...CG: AND IF THAT WASN'T ENOUGH, YOUR PARTICULAR GROUP OF PLAYERS IS LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE US TO GIVE YOU THE SCOOP ON STUFF.CG: THROUGH A SORT OF SUBVERSION OF THE WHOLE DAMN THING.CG: EVEN THOUGH WE HATE YOU.CG: AND EVEN THOUGH THE FACT THAT WE HATE YOUCG: IS AN IMMUTABLE FACT AS UNALTERABLE AS THIS WRITHING KNOTTED HELL OF A TIMELINE CHOKING US ALL TO DEATHCG: IT DOES NOT MEAN WE HAVE ANY REASON TO WITHHOLD ANY INFORMATION FROM YOUCG: OR DISH IT OUT THROUGH CRYPTOBAFFLING MIND FUDDLERY.CG: SO GO AHEAD, ASK ME ANYTHING.EB: ok...EB: what's the point of the game.CG: ASK SOMETHING ELSE.CG: ALREADY TOLD YOU THAT.CG: IT WAS THIS WHOLE BIG CONVERSATION WE HAD.EB: augh!EB: fine.EB: where are you now?CG: IN THE MEDIUM.CG: A SEPARATE SESSION FROM YOURS.EB: no no, i know that!EB: you already told me.CG: I DID?EB: yes, in your future.CG: DAMMIT.EB: what i mean is...EB: are you in your house right now, or in one of your magical lands, or what?EB: just curious cause you can see me, but i can't see or know anything about you!CG: WE'RE HIDING IN THE VEIL.CG: WHAT'S LEFT OF IT.EB: what's that?CG: IT'S A HUGE BELT OF METEORSCG: ORBITING WAY OUTSIDE SKAIA, BEYOND THE ORBIT OF THE PLANETSCG: DIVIDING THE MEDIUM FROM THE FURTHEST RINGCG: WHERE DERSE ORBITS.EB: derse?CG: THE DARK PLANET.CG: PROSPIT'S THE LIGHT ONE NEAR SKAIA.EB: well jeez, how am i supposed to know any of this??CG: YOU'D PROBABLY FIND OUT SOONER OR LATER FROM YOUR DUMB GRANDMA.CG: BUT BY FUSING WITH THE SPRITE SHE HAS TO WITHHOLD STUFF AND BE MYSTERIOUS AND ALL.CG: TO MAKE YOUR ADVENTURE SEEM MORE "MAAAAAAGICAL!!!!"CG: IT'S INFURIATING.EB: ok, so the veil is a bunch of meteors...EB: what do you mean "what's left of it"?CG: OK, THERE COMES A TIME WHEN BLACK INEVITABLY BEATS WHITECG: ON THE BATTLEFIELD IN THE CENTER OF SKAIACG: THE WHITE KING IS CAPTURED OR KILLED OR SOMETHINGCG: THAT'S WHEN THE RECKONING STARTS.EB: ok...CG: THE RULERS OF DERSECG: THE BLACK KING AND QUEENCG: GET THE POWER TO SEND THE VEIL TOWARD SKAIACG: TO DESTROY ITCG: THAT KIND OF STARTS YOUR BIG "COUNTDOWN"CG: WHEN SHIT GETS SERIOUS.EB: so then it's up to us to save it?CG: YEAH, YOU HAVE THAT LONG TO KILL THE BLACK QUEEN AND KINGCG: AND SKAIA ITSELF SORT OF BUYS YOU SOME TIMECG: BY ACTIVATING ITS DEFENSE PORTALSCG: TO CATCH SOME OF THE METEORSCG: THE THREAT GETS BIGGER THE LONGER YOU TAKE THOUGHCG: SMALLER METEORS COME FIRST AND THEY GET PROGRESSIVELY BIGGER AND BIGGERCG: AND THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH OF THEM SKAIA CAN ABSORB FOR YOU.EB: ok, but it sounds like we've got plenty of time before that happens, right?CG: THAT'S JUST IT.CG: YOU DON'T.CG: ORDINARILY YOU WOULD BUTCG: YOUR RECKONING STARTS MUCH SOONERCG: BECAUSE OF SOME DUMB THINGS YOU'VE DONECG: YOU COMPLETELY BLEW IT ALREADY AND YOU HAVE NO CHANCE OF WINNING ANYMORECG: WHICH ORDINARILY WOULD BE FINECG: JUST ANOTHER BUNCH OF LOSERS TO FAIL AT THIS GAMECG: IT'S WHAT YOU DO LATER THAT CAUSES SO MUCH MORE TROUBLE THAN THATCG: AND NOW WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT TOO.EB: oh no...EB: what is it?CG: ALREADY TOLD YOU.CG: IT'S INEVITABLE AND COMPLETELY POINTLESS TO TALK ABOUT ANYWAY.EB: yeah, well...EB: maybe you're wrong!EB: maybe there's something we can still do to stop it, if you just help us?CG: I'M NOT WRONG, IT'S ALL RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF ME, YOU FUCK UP ROYALLY, END OF STORY.EB: ok, we'll see about that, mr. sourbulge.EB: hey, aren't you kind of uncomfortable sitting on a meteor?EB: are you all huddled in a crater or something?CG: NO, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF CRAZY SHIT IN THE VEIL.CG: A LOT OF THESE METEORS ARE KIND OF LIKE...CG: BIG SEEDS.EB: seeds?EB: um...EB: well, what kind of crazy shit is there?CG: STUFF LIKE...CG: BUILDINGSCG: FACILITIESCG: LIKE LABS AND STUFF.EB: weird.CG: YEAH, THE VEIL IS KIND OF LIKE NEUTRAL GROUND FOR THE KINGDOMS, LIKE OUR PLANETS.CG: SOME PLACES ARE USED TO GENETICALLY ENGINEER SOLDIERS AND AGENTS FOR THE TWO SIDES.CG: USING GENETIC MATERIAL FROM THE EXOTIC MENAGERIE OF CHESS PIECES ON THE BATTLEFIELD.CG: TO HELP FUEL THE WAR AND KEEP RAISING THE STAKES.EB: wow, i don't think i'm following this.CG: YEAH NO SHIT!CG: BUT YOU'LL FIND OUT WHEN YOU GET THERECG: SINCE YOU WERE IN THE VEIL WHEN WE LAST TALKED.CG: ANYWAY THAT'S MORE THAN ENOUGH INFO FOR YOU TO THINK ABOUT AND BE LESS STUPID IN TIME FOR CONVERSATIONS WE'VE ALREADY HAD.CG: I'M OUT OF HERE.EB: ok, but wait...EB: can you give a message to GC for me?EB: tell her nice try.CG: WHATCG: WHY WOULD I GIVE HER A MESSAGE FOR YOUCG: DO IT YOURSELF, I'M NOT A RELAY SERVICE.EB: oh, well i thought you'd be cool with it since you asked me to give her a message for you last time.EB: but whatever.CG: I FIND THAT HIGHLY IMPLAUSIBLE.CG: I'M NOT FALLING FOR ANY MORE OF YOUR HUMAN PRANKS.CG: "NICE TRY" JOHNCG: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Here is a quick look at the way this project has been shaping up. Whew, that is a nice looking game! Not going to lie, I am on some big time tenterhooks in anticipation of this release. I've actually started doing stunts on the tenterhooks, flipping around on them wildly, like a gymnast. It's an astounding spectacle of physical endurance and might. Sorry you can't check this out, it's absolutely unreal.

What else have I been up to? I sense that this has been being wondered about. Some I suspect wonder about the epilogue I mentioned, which I have been making some notes on here and there. But otherwise have been deferring in favor of attention to ~other projects~ which strike me as more pressing. It will be gotten around to. If you are wondering which of these projects may be related to Homestuck, I did have some "post-canon content" planned for later this month. That is as specific as I can be for now. Tune in here, let's say, a couple weeks from now.

The project that has occupied the lion's share of my professional time is one that you will understand completely why I have prioritized, when you eventually see it. Arguably it will prove to be the only relevant work of art in human history. I don't wish to give anything else away, or delay your experience of this unprecedented triumph of the human spirit. So instead I will light a fire under my ass, and attempt to deliver the content I know you have all been craving.

What else to report? Hmm. I know that usually the passage of time for creative individuals is tracked by the hours they spend which ultimately contribute to creative products which may be consumed. It is far from true that all of my hours this year have been applied that way. Suffice to say I've been on some strange adventures. I doubt I can do any of them justice here, in a newspost which is rapidly running out of words I'm willing to type. At one point I was thrown out of a stable. I've probably said too much already. Well, see you next time.

The final Homestuck album Volume 10 has been released. More fantastic music by many familiar names who have contributed to the comic over the years. Thanks to all who came together to make this. It's a great way to cap off an impressive discography, now standing at 27 albums.